Populated a form from a table

why should spaces cause a problem

[UK_matrix]

Hi,

I'm filling a form from a MySQL table using PHP. Everyone is fine except for the instances where the field has a space (eg. the address).
If the value on the table is :
1 Main Street
all I get in the form field is :
1

the code I'm using is:
<input type=Text name=address1 SIZE=30 VALUE=$myrow[address1]>

nothing unusual there is there ?

I hope somebody can help 'cos there's much scratching of heads here :)

[sugarkane]

The problem's in the HTML - if you put quotes around the value it should be fine.

[UK_matrix]

Nope. That doesn't work either, and it's not an HTML problem because the table is within the <?php tag

[sugarkane]

Well, if $myrow[address1] is 1 Main Street, you end up with this HTML:

<input type=Text name=address1 SIZE=30 VALUE=1 Main Street>

The browser only sees the '1' as the value - the spaces make it look to the browser as if Main and Street are extra attributes to the input tag, and as it doesn't recognise them, it just ignores them :)

Changing the code to:
<input type=Text name=address1 SIZE=30 VALUE="$myrow[address1]">

will result in

<input type=Text name=address1 SIZE=30 VALUE="1 Main Street">

being generated, and all will be well...

[UK_matrix]

aah! I'd forgotten I need to place a / before the quotes to let PHP know the quotes are valid.

Thanks a lot sugarkane.